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Eh, I've lived in the US for four years, so maybe I'm missing the latest development, but the popularity of K-pop or Korean dramas has little to do with governm
by yongjik 12y ago
Eh, I've lived in the US for four years, so maybe I'm missing the latest development, but the popularity of K-pop or Korean dramas has little to do with government funding. It's just that Korean entertainment business somehow found a good opportunity. And honestly I doubt a government can play a major role in developing any entertainment industry: that's how you end up with disastrous propaganda movies.
(Also, I'm never a big fan of K-pop myself, but I guess its popularity is dwarfed by all the Japanese anime fans in the world?)
- astrange 12y agoK-pop fans are more relevant consumers than foreign anime fans, because they spend tons of money that goes back to the original producers, and tend to live in other Asian countries where the agencies will can more easily communicate with them (or are even capable of realizing they exist). Meanwhile anime's business model relies on selling less than 10,000 copies of any one series at about $30 an episode. Nobody outside Japan is going to put up with this, and they're afraid of going out of business if they change strategies, so growth is not very good. Manga does well worldwide and is healthy, though. America can't compete in this market because our comics industry is a monopoly that only produces one genre[1], whereas the main genre in manga[2] is much more relevant to any reasonable person. I feel Japan has no fundamental advantage in this area, though, and other people will eventually figure it out. [1] Weird cosmic fantasy stories about people wearing underwear over their clothes getting in fights all the time. [2] Waifus.